Recognition that is easy to give
A certificate takes a minute to make here, so it can mark small wins as well as the end of the year: a first chapter book, a week of kindness, a tricky times table.Irish curriculum links
- WellbeingThe Primary Curriculum Framework (2023) names Wellbeing as one of its curriculum areas, and noticing children’s effort and kindness supports it.
- ReadingA Super Reader award celebrates engagement and motivation, the first learning outcomes in the reading strand of the Primary Language Curriculum.
Certificates are not part of any curriculum, but they fit the place the Primary Curriculum Framework gives to wellbeing. Irish schools often hand them out at an end-of-year assembly in June, before the Christmas holidays, or when a child moves up a reading level.
You can type your own award, so it can match your school’s values or a whole-school focus such as a friendship week or Seachtain na Gaeilge in March. A short personal line on the back means more to a child than the award title alone.
Summarised in our own words from the Primary Curriculum Framework (2023) and the Primary Language Curriculum (2019).
